John Forster, Nigel Pope

The Political Economy of Global Sports Organisations

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tackling such topics as the global sports economy, the global sports market and fringe sports with an accessible style, this title should be of interest to all those currently studying and researching the economics of sports as well as being an eye-opener for those involved in the sports business.

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This important book analyzes the evolution of modern sport, examining the ways in which sporting organisations have adapted over the years to accommodate changing environments, from representatives of fringe sports to giants such as the IOC or FIFA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780415267731
• ISBN-10: 0415267730
• Artikelnr.: 21175118

Autorenporträt

John Forster is Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics at Griffith University, Australia. Nigel K.L. Pope is Senior Lecturer in the School of Marketing at Griffith University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Global Sport Organisations: Ringmasters or Alphabet Boys?
2. A Product of History: The Creation and Evolution of Global Sports
Organisations
3. The Economic Approach to Sport
4. Sources of Sport Revenue
5. Going for Gold: Global Sport Events
6. Architectures of Control: Structure and Process in the GSOs
7. For the Good of the Game: GSO Opacity and a Public Interest
8. Getting on with the Neighbours: The External Relationships of Global
Sports Organisations by osvaldo Croci
9. Yielding Place to the New
10. Postscript